Heyher

I agree chicken broth or tea. If you are looking for something more sweet diluted G2.
But I have to ask why flaming hot Cheetos? The thought of anything remotely spicy that early out... Reflux, excess stomach acid, fresh wound in the tummy... I would think it would feel like swallowing rubbing alcohol.

Try going with, "What? Are you saying I was Fat before?"

Yay!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!
Walk walk walk and when you are allowed sip sip sip.
And from this point forward never ever trust a fart.

So twice today I have heard "wow! You have lost a ton of weight! You look great!"
Now I should be thankful for the you look great part. But I have not lost a ton. There may have been days where I felt like I weighed as much as a blue whale. But I have not lost 2,000lbs.
Why can't they just say a lot of weight? Why must the amount of weight lost be similar to that of an elephant?

Yay!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!
Walk walk walk and when you are allowed sip sip sip.
And from this point forward never ever trust a fart.

You will feel better once you get the cocktail at the hospital before surgery.
I really wanted one for the road before I left but was told no.
Some bs about laws and ethics and whatever... I dunno I stopped listening.
It is totally normal to feel scared, apprehensive, freaked the flip out, sad, excited, and any and every other emotion you can think of. But just think about why you are doing this and how much your life is going to improve.
And if that doesn't help drink some vodka.
What? It's a clear liquid.
:-P

You will feel better once you get the cocktail at the hospital before surgery.
I really wanted one for the road before I left but was told no.
Some bs about laws and ethics and whatever... I dunno I stopped listening.
It is totally normal to feel scared, apprehensive, freaked the flip out, sad, excited, and any and every other emotion you can think of. But just think about why you are doing this and how much your life is going to improve.
And if that doesn't help drink some vodka.
What? It's a clear liquid.
:-P

Have you tried diluted G2? Possibly your electrolytes are out of whack.
Worth a shot.

You will feel better once you get the cocktail at the hospital before surgery.
I really wanted one for the road before I left but was told no.
Some bs about laws and ethics and whatever... I dunno I stopped listening.
It is totally normal to feel scared, apprehensive, freaked the flip out, sad, excited, and any and every other emotion you can think of. But just think about why you are doing this and how much your life is going to improve.
And if that doesn't help drink some vodka.
What? It's a clear liquid.
:-P

I can top this.
after losing 125# - I finally brought up to my (now ex) significant other,...."so have you noticed I look any different?". Seriously, my life partner never said a word of compliment or even indication he had noticed.
I know it can feel awkward the way that people make compliments, but i try to remember how uncomfortable for them it can be too. Morbid obesity makes normal sized people uncomfortable; they don't know what to say, when to compliment or how it can be taken. People put foot in mouth all the time; just try to not take it personally.
someone I know at work is a very large lady and I had thought she was losing weight... but just not sure since when you start out super size it takes awhile to see the weight loss. I finally said something (ie that she looked slimmer and was looking great) and turns out she had lost a lot by then. I am not sure how welcome my compliment was either, it was kinda strange feeling.

Right?! I spent what, nearly seven years as my husband's invisible fat wife. I did the same baking, the same housekeeping, raised my kids once I had them and my stepkids when they were with us - nothing, NOTHING has changed to people outside of my normal circle except my weight. People that know me get the newer attitude, the confidence, etc. but that's different.
And now, I'm super wife to all my husband's coworkers. What? I mean, I spent YEARS being ignored. Do fat people really make other people this uncomfortable? Years, literally, where the most effort anyone would expend getting to know me was a nod or a "Hello, nice to meet you." And now they flock to compliment me, to talk to me, to ask about my day, my feelings, etc. Everyone tells my husband how lucky he is, how jealous they are that he has "the whole package." Seriously - a coworker said this to him the other day! Like, what? I'm a valuable commodity now that I'm attractive to more people? Whatever!
People are SHALLOW. And yeah, I can say a lot of my attitude is different, I'm out in public more now, I'm more approachable, blah blah blah but I know that a huge part of it is that both men and women are nicer to attractive people, and most people don't consider someone who is overweight attractive.
That may sound controversial or mean or like I'm not cutting people slack. But in my experience it is absolutely true. People treat me differently. I walk around the same way and strangers approach me for small talk in the store. I get hit on by men constantly (it doesn't help that my wedding bands need resized because they're way too big, either) and even women treat me very differently. Not just new people - people that I've known for years and years suddenly think my opinion is worth more or that I'm worth more social effort.
It's total B.S. and I wish they'd go away. Sure, it's flattering. Sure, it could go to my head if I had less sense and a lower self esteem. But in truth, I'm a sarcastic little mean person on the inside and I always have been, so a big part of me wants to stand up on the table and shout out that no shallow bastards are allowed to talk to me.
I'm definitely down for practicing my RBF. Because seriously, people need to leave me the hell alone.
And I'm thankful I'm not single. Because I'd have to weed out the shallow, thoughtless jerks and wonder, "Would this person be talking to me 80 pounds ago?" I have a husband that loves ME - he picked me big, loved me when I got bigger and loves me now that I'm smaller (even if he laments the loss of his plump wife) - my size was never a major factor in our relationship. He didn't love me in spite of my size, even if people seem to insinuate that sometimes when they talk to him. Like he took a hit having a big wife for a few years or something. It's disgusting and yeah, it makes me really angry.
Bleh. Anyway, sorry to hijack your thread with my personal rant!
~Cheri

I know they are giving me a compliment and I try to take it as that. But at times it makes me wonder was I that big and repulsive? I got the pretty face comment before. Or pretty eyes. Or nice smile. But it kind of hurts to think people would think of heather and overweight. Like that was what defined me to them. And now they feel like they have a right to comment on it. I am the same person I was before I lost weight. Just less... Round. Nothing else has changed, so why the fuss now? Why do you now feel its okay to comment in how whaleish I used to be in your eyes? If you thought it would have hurt my feelings back then, then it would probably hurt my feelings now.
But one thing I have noticed is people I am close to are more reluctant to say something like that to me. I may hear things like I'm looking really good or I seem so much happier. It's the acquaintances that feel they can tell me I have lost a ton of weight. Like they don't need to be as nice about it or something. My old supervisor (who is not known for being tactful or nice) said to me that she can tell I have lost a lot of weight and I look happy and healthy. That was a true compliment. And coming from her, that was like the ultimate compliment.
At times I wish people wouldn't say things about it. At work I kind of enjoyed being invisible. Not having to make the pointless awkward small talk. I mean do we really care about the weather. Or is the fact that its Monday really that devastating? Yes I am aware that Wednesday does mean the week is half over. And OMG it is Friday!! Lets all Celebrate so we can come back and be depressed all over again on Monday. Now I guess since I am skinnier people can talk to me.
Since I no longer have fat to keep people away I guess I will have to work on my RBF.
Resting b***h face.

So twice today I have heard "wow! You have lost a ton of weight! You look great!"
Now I should be thankful for the you look great part. But I have not lost a ton. There may have been days where I felt like I weighed as much as a blue whale. But I have not lost 2,000lbs.
Why can't they just say a lot of weight? Why must the amount of weight lost be similar to that of an elephant?

What about after chicken or fish? Red meat can be a bit harder to digest this early out. I only started eating red meat at three months. But if you try a moist chicken it might sit better.
Also some of the grumbly tummy might just be new tummy noises. I would look more for a feeling of being empty more then a grumbly tummy as a sign that you should eat. Another thing is your tummy is still healing. Nerves that were cut are still healing. So for a few more weeks at least I would measure everything and stop once that is finished. When you are more healed you will feel the restriction. One bite too many is a very uncomfortable feeling..... Especially on a healing tummy.

My feeling of full is totally different then before surgery. Now I eat to feel satisfied. If I get to the full feeling then I feel miserable for a few hours. Like I do right now.
This united way campaign is going to be rough...
Santiago's Breakfast burritos, candy social, root beer float social, lunch ins, ice cream cart, doughnuts.... 5 weeks of this all right before my wedding...
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

You will feel better once you get the cocktail at the hospital before surgery.
I really wanted one for the road before I left but was told no.
Some bs about laws and ethics and whatever... I dunno I stopped listening.
It is totally normal to feel scared, apprehensive, freaked the flip out, sad, excited, and any and every other emotion you can think of. But just think about why you are doing this and how much your life is going to improve.
And if that doesn't help drink some vodka.
What? It's a clear liquid.
:-P

I'm in my first true stall at 5 1/2 month. Have been bouncing between 176 and 174 for the past three weeks. Two of those weeks I was on prednisone, so I don't know if I lost weigh but am retaining a ton of Water. But I am giving myself a hug pat on the back that I didn't gain while on it.
20lbs left to lose, so I'm expecting more stalls and slower loss.
My wedding dress fits perfect right now. Only alteration needed is a hem. So I'm really hoping I can maintain until after the wedding in October, then jump start the losing again. It's a corset back so even if I go down a few lbs it shouldn't make too big of a difference. Just can't lose any more of the boobage between now and then. :-D
Size 16 wedding dress which is about a 12 street size. Preop I would have had to order a size 26.

Ohhhhhh.... I don't know if fried fish is allowed postop. :-P

So on another thread I posted about how at my six week appointment the NP commented on how narrow my hips are. I have broad shoulders. With the roid rage, I shall now be called Gru the Hulk.

Looking good! Congrats on your loss!!!
And I love your tank top. :-)

So twice today I have heard "wow! You have lost a ton of weight! You look great!"
Now I should be thankful for the you look great part. But I have not lost a ton. There may have been days where I felt like I weighed as much as a blue whale. But I have not lost 2,000lbs.
Why can't they just say a lot of weight? Why must the amount of weight lost be similar to that of an elephant?

So twice today I have heard "wow! You have lost a ton of weight! You look great!"
Now I should be thankful for the you look great part. But I have not lost a ton. There may have been days where I felt like I weighed as much as a blue whale. But I have not lost 2,000lbs.
Why can't they just say a lot of weight? Why must the amount of weight lost be similar to that of an elephant?

Just hearing it twice made me think "My god I looked like whale to them!!!"
Doesn't help that I got the roid rage going from prednisone withdraws.
People better watch out. I might just hulk out on them.
Though one person did say if I lose any more I will disappear soon. That was nice.